Wonderful Writers 

This week Year 1 have been practicing their letter writing skills and today, Mr Condon had a visit from Adonai and Laila who had produced some fantastic pieces of work! 

They had both written a letter inviting a friend to join them for Mass and we can say for sure it would be hard to turn down such  well written invitations! 

Laila and Adonai both received a special Head Teacher sticker for their great work and we look forward to seeing, and sharing, more wonderful writing from our pupils soon! 

Year 6 SATS - Monday 11th - Friday 15th May 

Year 6 SATs will take place next week. 

A Huge well done to all the Year 6s and the hard work they have put in over the last few weeks. They have all showed us their best effort and concentration. They've all done everything they can and now it's time to show off what they can do. 

The timetable for the week is as follows: 

• Monday 11th May - English grammar, punctuation and spelling papers 1 (questions)  and 2 (spelling)

• Tuesday 12th May - English reading paper 

• Wednesday 13th May - Mathematics papers 1 (arithmetic) and 2 (reasoning)

• Thursday 14th May - Mathematics paper 3 (reasoning)

This is a very important week for our pupils and it is essential that children attend school every day in order to sit their tests. Unless a child is unwell, children not attending school will not be able to sit these assessments, that they have worked so hard to prepare for. 

A free breakfast will be available to all Year 6 children during this week so they are invited to join us in Breakfast Club from 8am to ensure they are in school on time and have a positive start to the day.

Contacting School 

We would like to take this opportunity to remind parents of the various ways of contacting the school: 

• Office Telephone  - 0117 944 4844  - We endevour to answer all calls where possible, however there are times that the office is unmanned, please feel free to use our voicemail service and a member of staff will call you back. 

• Text Message - 07796 031 912 - You can send us a text message at any time using the CTK Office mobile number. 

• Email - christ.the.king.p@bristol-schools.uk

We would like to ask that you DO NOT use the Arbor Parent App to send messages to school. Whilst parents are able to use the service, this is not something that is set up for school use to important communication may be missed if it is sent in this 

224 Youth Zone 

As some of you may know, the BRAND NEW Youth Centre will be opening right around the corner next month! 

224 Youth Zone is a purpose built centre for children and young people, with an incredible range of facilities, including a climbing wall and fully equipped gym! 

This is such a fantastic resource within our community, and we stronly encourage everyone to check it out! 

This weekend they have an open day, giving everyone that chance to view the facilities and see what's on offer once it's officially open...

Reception

Ronnie - For working really hard in Phonics lessons and supporting his friends if they need help. 

Mikey - For doing really well in his phonics assessment this week

Year 1

Oakley - For being an exceptional role model every single day. Oakley consistently shows he is responsible in both his behaviour and in him completing any work tasks. 

Year 2

Honey - For her fantastic effort in English. Well done on your amazing progress! 

Year 3

Joanna - For being a fantastic mathematician and trying so hard with fractions 

Year 4

Siya, Hendrix and Alex - For their hard work in preparing for the upcoming Multiplication Tables Check 

Year 5

 Jamaica - For her positive, can-do attitude - she will try anything, even when she's not feeling it and give it her best shot! 

Maya - For her support of others - she is always looking out for the rest of Team 5, helping them with anything that needs doing! 

Year 6

Whole Class - For all their hard work and effort leading up to SATs week! 

NURSERY CLASS NEWS

Though it has been a four day week, the children have packed in their normal energy and learning levels. 

Tuesday kicked off with their language learning as we introduced Ni Hao and Ann-Yeong (Chinese and Korean). They recapped their previous learning with a few helpful prompts beforehand to check their knowledge and then added to their growing back of greetings in different languages. 

Throughout this week we have been working on understanding longer and shorter. The children developed their knowledge through working together to stand in a line from longest/ tallest through to shortest. They had a few tricky moments when children were the same heights. A couple children noticed that neither child was longer or shorter than the other and adapted their language accordingly. 

The class have now moved onto stage three in bucket time in which they take turns, extending their attention and changing the focus of their attention too. I.E taking their attention from the teacher and onto the child who is having a turn etc. Each time we do stage three bucket time, the children may or may not have a turn, this develops their understanding of sharing and waiting their turn. It also helps to develop their understanding of emotions and regulation when they may not have a turn and how they feel about it. 

Further to their Maths and language learning, we celebrated Afia's birthday with dancing, singing and cake. The nursery children further practised their phonics knowledge around heard the first sound in a work. I.E the ;'s' sound in 'sun'. Whilst the pre-nursery children played listening games to help distinguish between different animals sounds. 

The class have also planted some sunflower seeds and will be planting some more seeds next week too. This is to not only brighten up the end of the nursery area but to also support the children's learning of the lifecycle of a sunflower. 

They current know that a sunflower grows in four steps:

1. the seed is planted in the soil

2. the roots grow downwards away from the sun and suck up the water

3. the stem grows towards the sun

4. the flower and leaves grow last

They also know that the energy the plant receives from the sun is turned into food to help the plant grow.

We hope you have a restful weekend,

Miss Dale and the Nursery Team

FAITH

The Wednesday Word

The Wednesday Word is a special publication created to connect home, school and parish. 

Every Wednesday a ‘word’, inspired by the coming Sunday’s Gospel, will be suggested for families to talk about in the home. The Wednesday Word is structured around the Sunday Gospel, because evidence shows that Gospel values really do help family relationships to thrive. 

Ten:Ten Faith Newsletter  - April

The Ten:Ten monthly parent newsletter gives you an overview of the content children will experience in school throughout the month and suggestions of ways for you to engage with them about it at home.